Pardon the language, but I swear I’m gonna punch Tre in the dick. I just announced that I was going to my room for some quiet time before I go to bed (significantly earlier than I usually go to bed, I’ll admit). I need a good night’s sleep though as I have a job interview tomorrow and I’m already stressed enough as it is. I need this job. Still, I can still hear him laughing away at stupid vines or youtube videos or whichever it is tonight.
Seriously!? He has the LOUDEST laugh ever, and he KNOWS this. I’ve known Tre for years, and I swear his laugh never bugged me this much until we moved in together (even when I was seeing him on a regular basis). I know I can’t stop him from watching TV and stuff, but he knows how important this interview is… Ugh. I just wish he’d be quieter.
Regardless, lets talk about the tea…
One of my purchases today from Tea Desire. It’s mint. It’s caramel. So seriously, how could I resist? I swear the only reason I didn’t pick this up last time was because I didn’t realize they were selling it. It’s a rooibos tea, so it’s perfect tonight as I can drink some of my favourite flavours to help me relax without caffeine keeping me up and preventing me from getting a good sleep.
The dry leaf smells sort of like you’d expect: there’s an obvious amount of mint paired with a creamy caramel which, almost surprisingly, doesn’t seem masked by the nana mint – and then there’s the less noticeable (but still there) almost trademark “woody” smell of rooibos. Honestly, even though I don’t mind that quality about rooibos teas it’s not a flavour I love so I have way less rooibos tea in my cupboard than I should: I feel like the flavour possibilities with rooibos teas are less limited than herbals, which (at least what I have stocked) are more fruity.
I’m not loving how broad the steep times are for some of the different tea types that Tea Desire offers, like rooibos or herbals. Herbals have a recommended steep time of “four to ten minutes” and rooibos teas are “five to ten minutes”. Some teas types, like Mates, don’t even have a brewing guide. Regardless, I steeped a tsp. for I think 7 minutes. I lost track of time a little bit.
Liquor of this one is a really deep, red amber. Just like the Chocolate Banana Cream I had from Tea Desire earlier today, this one also has a really oily sheen to it. There’s a Scottish or Irish candy I bought at a pavillion during Mosaic in Regina (for people who don’t know, Mosaic is basically a cultural fair) that was primarily mint and caramel – and this smells and tastes just like that! I wish I could remember the name of it!
But really, that candy was SO caramel flavoured and SO mint flavoured, but the two just suited each other so well that it almost got hard to distinguish the mint flavour separately from the caramel or distinguish the flavour of the caramel separately from the mint. This tea is EXACTLY like that! I’m noticing both flavours, but not one more so than another. It’s SO very well balanced. I can taste the rooibos base pretty clearly too, but that taste is separate from the caramel/mint, even though it’s present in the body of the sip and lightly in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel of this tea is ever so slightly tingly on the roof of my mouth immediately following the sip, though quickly fading. My mouth is left feeling minty cool without tasting strongly of mint.
I really like this tea, and tonight it’s hitting all the right spots. Truthfully, though, I have tasted better caramel mint teas, though.
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Good luck on the job interview tomorrow. i took a look at Tea Desire’s website. Looks like they have some interesting flavors.
So far my favourites are Chai Apricot (Flavoured green), Banana Tea “Chocolate Cream” (Fruit infusion), and Champagne Cassis (Flavoured white). Since I have a local store I buy there instead of through the website, but the website it definitely part of how I’ve been deciding what teas to try. They have great customer service in person but my biggest pet peeve, you could say, is the lack of information they post about their teas! Thanks for the well wishes!
I wish I had more local stores. Davids and Teavana aren’t really that exciting to me. I have one other that sells interesting teas, but too expensive compared to what I can get online. I would rather support a local store, but they have to be competitive.
Dex – totally agree. There are more than a few here in toronto but they either have the stupidest operating hours or they’re overpriced or i have to buy 50-100g. There are exceptions to that of course, but overall, it generally seems so much easier to just purchase from online stores, usually in the US.
GOod luck with the interview Roswell! I hope you knock it out of the park!
dex and sil—I’m with you. I too only have access toa teavana and a dt, neither of which are terribly exciting to me at the moment save for teaware and sugar/agave. There was a teahouse in Ottawa where I used to live, and I kick myself now because I just wasn’t into loose leaf tea then and so didn’t really visit it much.
Also, good luck today, roswell! and tell the boy to keep it down ;)
Good luck on the job interview tomorrow. i took a look at Tea Desire’s website. Looks like they have some interesting flavors.
So far my favourites are Chai Apricot (Flavoured green), Banana Tea “Chocolate Cream” (Fruit infusion), and Champagne Cassis (Flavoured white). Since I have a local store I buy there instead of through the website, but the website it definitely part of how I’ve been deciding what teas to try. They have great customer service in person but my biggest pet peeve, you could say, is the lack of information they post about their teas! Thanks for the well wishes!
I wish I had more local stores. Davids and Teavana aren’t really that exciting to me. I have one other that sells interesting teas, but too expensive compared to what I can get online. I would rather support a local store, but they have to be competitive.
Dex – totally agree. There are more than a few here in toronto but they either have the stupidest operating hours or they’re overpriced or i have to buy 50-100g. There are exceptions to that of course, but overall, it generally seems so much easier to just purchase from online stores, usually in the US.
GOod luck with the interview Roswell! I hope you knock it out of the park!
dex and sil—I’m with you. I too only have access toa teavana and a dt, neither of which are terribly exciting to me at the moment save for teaware and sugar/agave. There was a teahouse in Ottawa where I used to live, and I kick myself now because I just wasn’t into loose leaf tea then and so didn’t really visit it much.
Also, good luck today, roswell! and tell the boy to keep it down ;)